State of Town good. And rocky: DeSena

Supervisor’s goals for 2023 include infrastructure updates, department improvements

BY BRANDON DUFFY

North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena laid out a 2023 agenda that included infrastructure improvements and updates on previously made promises, including a 311 call center team devoted to specific town Building Department requests and bringing in a professional planner to update the town’s master plan.

“My goals for my administration have not changed since my inauguration,” DeSena, a Republican, said Friday afternoon from Harbor Links Golf Course in Port Washington, during a luncheon held in conjunction with the League of Women Voters of Port Washington-Manhasset. “I believe that we should streamline town government wherever possible, work through the governmental logjam and increase accountability to our taxpayers, operate in a fiscally responsible manner, and lead our town in an open, honest, and transparent way.”

Many state, town and village officials and school district superintendents were present for DeSena’s second State of the Town address, the 37th of its kind.

In 2021, DeSena was the first Republican nominee to win the town supervisor election in more than 30 years, succeeding Judi Bosworth, a Democrat who did not seek re-elec- tion. The term is for two years. The town’s 311 call center, created in 2005 and used to answer resident inquiries, will feature a dedicated team solely responsible for taking calls on the town’s Building Department, DeSena said.

Democrat Councilmember Veronica Lurvey announced last week that the Building Department has seen ex- pedited response times thanks to the installation of Citizenserve, an online system implemented in 2020 that provides Building Department services online, although DeSena credited improvements to the current audit being performed by Nassau County Comptroller Elaine Philips’ office. Citizenserve was implemented under

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Allegedly tried to enter

BY ROBERT PELAEZ

Four men were arrested in an attempted burglary in Great Neck Thursday, according to the Nassau County Police Department.

The four men, who traveled in a black Saturn with Virginia license plates, attempted to enter an Oxford Boulevard residence through a rear window but were unable to get in, police said. The four tried to then flee from the residence but were arrested and taken into custody.

Police identified the men as Juan Carlos Galan-Gomez, Fredy Asdrual Saldana-Torres, Exquid Santiago OrtizGonzales and Aaron Michel Vargas-Rivera. The four were also the suspected players in a Roslyn Heights burglary that occurred on Jan. 21, according to police.

The men were arrested and charged with second-degree burglary and second-degree attempted burglary, police said. They were scheduled to be arraigned Friday at the First District Court in Hempstead, but efforts to reach police for further comment on the matter were unavailing.

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Four men were arrested for an attempted burglary in Great Neck last week, according to the